A Perspective on Behavioral Intention Formation Model in Knowledge-Sharing

Due to the fact that the knowledge of individuals in organizations is not easily transferred among them, nowadays organizations cannot improve their competitive advantages by better recognition of employees’ knowledge sharing behaviors. This article has sought to investigate the impact of the three respective independent, intervening and dependent variables of organizational climate, employees’ personal attitudes toward knowledge sharing, and employees’ behavioral intentions in relation to participation in knowledge sharing. The hypotheses of this research have been tested and measured in the form of a questionnaire among the employees of petrochemical companies located in Mahshahr and Asalooye. Based on the results obtained via the partial least square method, we came to the conclusion that attitude and organizational climate are the main variables affecting intention formation for knowledge sharing. The findings can endow the organization managers with a useful insight so that the managers can improve knowledge sharing in the organization by encouraging the staff to do cooperative tasks and improving and upgrading attitude, intention and organizational climate so that they can reach the ultimate goal of the organization.